The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart: Delivered in the House of Commons, Volumen4Routledge, 1853 |
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Página 404 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences : And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Página 198 - Ecclesiastical clauses or securities the rein contained, are utterly incompatible with the discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, and with the free exercise of our religion.
Página 27 - We were on good terms, but his brother was my intimate friend. There were always great hopes of Peel, amongst us all, masters and scholars — and he has not disappointed them.
Página 480 - I certainly did say to his Majesty that I could not advise the attempt to form an exclusive Protestant Government ; that I could not be a party even to the attempt, should it be contemplated ; but his Majesty was, I am confident, of the same opinion. " I said, also, that I was out of the question as the head of a Government, under that arrangement which I consider by far the best that could be made — namely, the...
Página 77 - I should have seen our little champion go forth with his sling and with his sword, and bring down the mightiest of his enemies, and felt prouder in his triumph ; but there never was a time when I felt more determined to do all I could to support the Government on its present footing and on the principles on which it will meet Parliament. If I understood, as I believe I did, the offers made to Canning, I think they were fair ones, as he himself must have thought when he accepted them ; and as to keeping...
Página 313 - ... men of practice, and acquainted with the nature of the commerce of the country, and from that evidence he drew the conclusion, that we ought to return as soon as possible to the ancient and permanent standard of value. From the nature of that evidence, and of the other information he had received, he felt himself called upon to state, candidly and honestly, that he was a convert to the doctrines regarding our currency which he had once opposed.
Página 82 - Catholic subjects, would, it is felt, be to lend myself to the defeating of my own declared opinions on that most important question, — opinions which are as far as those of any man from being favourable to precipitate and unqualified concession, but which rest on the conviction that it is the duty of the advisers of the Crown, with a view to the peace, tranquillity, and strength of the empire, to take that whole question into their early and serious consideration, and earnestly to endeavour to...
Página 87 - In giving his vote, however, on the present occasion, he would by no means pledge himself with regard to the Catholic question, but merely give his negative to a motion which, in the present instance, was at least unnecessary.